To love well is the task in all meaningful relationships, not just romantic bonds.
BELL HOOKSOne of the most subversive institutions in the United States is the public library.
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The political core of any movement for freedom in the society has to have the political imperative to protect free speech.
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Giving generously in romantic relationships, and in all other bonds, means recognizing when the other person needs our attention. Attention is an important resource.
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You can only realize change if you live simply. Once people want enormous excess, you can hardly do social change.
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Living simply makes loving simple.
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Sometimes people try to destroy you, precisely because they recognize your power – not because they don’t see it, but because they see it and they don’t want it to exist.
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I began writing a book on love because I felt that the United States is moving away from love.
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The function of art is to do more than tell it like it is-it’s to imagine what is possible.
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I think life experiences are different for people who know what they want as children.
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Being oppressed means the absence of choices.
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When we drop fear, we can draw nearer to people, we can draw nearer to the earth, we can draw nearer to all the heavenly creatures that surround us.
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Honesty and openness is always the foundation of insightful dialogue.
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To know love we have to invest time and commitment.
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The rage of the oppressed is never the same as the rage of the privileged.
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It’s in the act of having to do things that you don’t want to that you learn something about moving past the self. Past the ego.
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Love is a combination of care, commitment, knowledge, responsibility, respect and trust.
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